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I'm pleased to announce the launch of a brand new section of the Fox Valley Families Against Planned Parenthood community. Now, in addition to getting all your updates on pro-life in the Fox Valley on the blog, you can discuss the issues on the Fox Valley Families Forum. Follow this link or click the button at the top of the page that says "Forum" to visit and sign up today!

The Fox Valley Families Forum is a great place for conversation on a wide variety of issues. "A Matter of Life and Death" is the section where you can discuss the whole range of life issues from abortion to contraception to euthanasia and more. "Pro-Life in the Fox Valley" is all about local pro-life events and issues. Stop by "Foundations of Faith" for conversation about religion, or visit the "Off Topic Lounge" where you can talk about whatever you want. [Continue reading . . . »]

UPDATES: Pictures from the rally are available on the Pro-Life Action League's Flickr page. If you took video at the rally, post a "video response" to Eric's Video Invite on YouTube. Also, several Balloon Reports have come in.

Winds ripped across the vacant lot outside Planned Parenthood Aurora Saturday morning, April 26, making the spring morning feel unseasonably cold. But a chill in the air was not enough to keep the Fox Valley's pro-life community from coming out in droves to stand up for unborn babies and their mothers.

Over 400 people came out to Families Against Planned Parenthood's "It's a Matter of Life and Death" rally to protest the presence of Planned Parenthood in their community. The rally featured a picket line of New York St., a peaceful prayer presence all over the area, and huge displays showing the beauty of life and the horror of abortion.

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We're only a few days out from the big rally at Planned Parenthood this Saturday and Jeff Eschbach has just posted this video invitation:

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Since even before Planned Parenthood opened their huge "Abortion Fortress" last year, we have been there praying, protesting and reaching out to the community.

Why? Because it's a matter of life and death.

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It was a chilly Good Friday morning last week when eighty of us gathered at Planned Parenthood for the "Scriptural Way of the Cross", led by Fr. Cesar Pajarillo of St. John Neumann Church. We stood together on the sidewalk behind the building, the site of the round-the-clock vigil that launched our fight against the "Abortion Fortress."

Fourteen scriptural passages on the suffering and death of Our Lord were read over a bullhorn by various members of the group. After each, Fr. Cesar offered prayers for our deepened commitment to following Christ.

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"Abortion clinic protesters have no plans to stop" reads the headline of an article in today's Aurora Beacon News. They've got that right, and this past Saturday's protest and clinic witness seminar signify how strong the pro-life commitment remains in the Fox Valley.

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Today's Aurora Beacon featured an article, on the front page, titled "Diseases blossom with teen sexuality, with the sub-title of "1 in 4 teen GIRLS NOW has an STD".

The article points out that 1 in 4 teenage girls nationwide currently has an STD. Noreen Transier or the Kendall County Health Department is quoted in the article as saying "There are more kids having sex."

More kids having sex is probably not news, but the statistic that 1 in 4 girls currently have an STD should be alarming. Apparently, something is not working when STDs are spreading to 25% of our teenage females. (The article did not mention any statistics about teenage boys for some reason.)

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As I recently reported the Parental Notification of Abortion Act in Illinois has suffered a recent setback. Today, I have something you can do to help get this law enforced!

Over the objections of the State Supreme Court and Attorney General Lisa Madigan, Federal Judge David Coar has refused to lift his injunction on the law, claiming the Supreme Court's guidelines for judicial bypass aren't clear enough, and setting the stage for another decade of legal wrangling on this important law.

But there's still hope. The State's Attorneys of Illinois all have the authority to join this case and call for a Motion to Reconsider.

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Are they "nuts"? The Reproductive Justice and Access Act nears the height of insanity.

The bill states "that every individual possesses a fundamental right of privacy with respect to reproductive decisions", yet for "pregnancy terminations", that same individual does not have a right to hold her "medical professional", aka the abortionist, responsible for any harm done during the abortion.

In Section 25, "Pregnancy terminations", it states: "a qualified medical professional is not liable for civil damages or subject to criminal penalty relating to a pregnancy termination performed in good faith". [Continue reading . . . »]

Federal Judge David Coar, of NOW v. Scheidler fame, ruled Friday that the Parental Notice of Abortion Act was still not ready to be enforced. The law, passed in 1995, was initially held up due to Coar's insistence that the provisions for judicial bypass were not expressed clearly enough. He felt that unless the procedures for obtaining judicial bypass were crystal clear and dangerously easy, the law might keep some competent minors from getting their abortions because of bureaucratic red tape.

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